Have you ever had an unlikely friendship? I'd love to hear about it! There have been people in my life that I never thought I'd be friends. These are relationships that are incredibly special to me. One was with someone I met at a prenatal class. She and her boyfriend were expecting twins. Her twin boys were born too early and they died. They were due at the same time Rachel was due. Looking back I wonder how she could have been friends with me. All I cared about was fixing her life. I learned to just care about her and let God worry about the rest. I'm thankful that God loved me so much that He would help me to pull my head out of my butt.
Maybe that wouldn't be an unlikely friendship for you, but for me (eight years ago) it was.
Let's hear it gang. Fill me in on some of the unlikely relationships you're in or have been in.
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One of my closest friends is Wiccan. That's kind of weird, I guess. But it's cool b/c we respect each other enough that we can have open discussions about our faith. Her husband is Buddist so I'm curious to see how thier little girl will grow up. They are very good people and I love them.
I also have a couple of gay designer friends, a few Jewish friends, a pot dealer, one of my Menno friends had to convert to Catholisism for her husband and my current closest friend is twelve years older than me. My brother is probably my all-time closest friend and I'd be happy to call any of my ex's friends, though I'm only in contact with one right now.
Friends are the spice of life. Relationships in all forms are why we are here. Love is the meaning of life. God is love and He made us to love and to love Him. Some friends are around for a 'season' and then move on. Some you'll know for a lifetime. It's not that I even try, I just happen to have friends from all walks of life. And I love them all.
First off, I'm sorry Bonnie, but your not my closest friend of all-time. Your my sister, and thats about it.
I to feel that I have unusuall friendships... all of them. See, I'm a huge nerd. A complete looser. I follow all the classic "nerdy" traits. I know things about computers, I'm smart, I laugh at dumb things, I don't constantly have to be drunk to have fun, I don't do drugs, I'm always early, and I like boring movies.
All my friends are the classic "popular" kids. Dumb, slow witted, drug users, alcoholics, and most of the time their late, and they spend way to much time talking about "Voting for Pedro".
I don't know how or why this happend, but It did. I'm a looser, who has popular friends. It sucks though, because the things I find entertaining, often aren't entertaining for them. On the other hand, I trust them. They are my friends, and we always have a good time together.
I don't think its fair to ask if anyones had a "weird" friendship. I think all friendships are a little weird, in one way or another.
James
Hey Bonnie I think your thoughts on friendship are really interesting. I think it's great to have different sorts of people in our lives. I also think it's cool that we can use that variety to bring glory to God. How have you found God influencing and impacting those relationships? Have you allowed Him access to them? Those are interesting questions for all of us I think.
Thanks for sharing!
Unlikely friends: Gregg S. and anybody! :)
(I kid because I care, Gregg.)
I think my "unlikely" friends are people I meet through friendships with other people. Quite often they're people that you might not otherwise meet or get to know.
For example, I've become good friends with Tams Robson simply because she is best friends with Stacey Chomiak (who introduced me to Soul and this whole Christianity bizniz.) I don't know if we would ever have met if I wasn't friends with Stacey, but I'm glad that I have gotten the opportunity to know her.
I think other "unlikely friends" often come through having a shared common interest. A few years ago I started competing in a hockey pool with a bunch of guys I had never met before. I now talk more trash to these guys then I do to Seniuk. It's amazing the various and unique personalities that can set aside all sorts of differences just because they enjoy something as nerdy as fantasy hockey.
Awwww...thanks Brad, geez you made me get all teary, I am glad to have you as one of my good friends too.
I often find myself making friendship connections that don't all 'fit' nicely together. I'm not part of a clique, although sometimes with I had a number of friends that knew me inside and out. My unusual friends include; my neighbour who left her husband after finding out his long past of cheating on her and their son. A girl I worked with at Starbucks who deals with things like a sexually abused past, drug and drinking addictions. A hip girl I met because we both liked rock climbing.
These are all people I have chosen to invest time in. Then there are those who I have had thrust upon me. (Aka..the boyfriend's friends) For me this has been the most difficult to figure out where I fit into their long established group! This is definately tiring, but has been an opportunity for me to grow as a person,and establish what my identity is first in Christ..and then with these peers.
People should read this.
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